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Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-02-10
sS-Sold by Druggists, IS cts.
How Roosters BulldoZe Grangers.

From the Harrisburg star.
There is not the slightest doubt that
the country members, rs Il rule, are in
Inundated into voting for measures
which the ''ringsterS" approve. y rep
resentative from one of the country
districts gave Il sample of this "bull-
doing" to the Star correspondent to-
dav. He had made mp his mind not to
vote for the bin giving the Traction
Company, of Philadelphia, unlimited
power. A Philadelphia member heard
of this intention on the part of the rep
resentative from the rural district and
approaching him said "lt You don't
vote for the passage of this measure
the local bill you have introduced will
be defeated the whole gang will vote
against it." The consequence was the
country member voted for the Traction
uill, aud there were others who did the
same under similar circumstances.
"The country members want leader,
said Representative from the interior
of the State, "and with fearless,
brainy man at their head they can defy
the bosses and vote as their conscience
dictateS.o ~
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-02-10
Deafness Can be Cured.

Deafness is caused usually by IN intiamed
condition of the mucuS surface of the EnStach
ian Tube. THIS Tube is the channel of commu.
nication between the tympaneum and the up
per part of the pharynX Thoubcr. Should this
Tube become nfamed and closed up, Deafness
is the result If 1t is only partially closed, you
haye rumhling sound or an imperfect near
ing There are two great causes Tor This; one
Is from taking Il severe cold and the other from
an impure condition Of the blood, the conSe.
uuence Is that this tube has the Catarrh. Ca
tarrh being nothing but an inilamed condition
of the mucuS surface. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally and acts directly upon the
blood and mucuS surfaces OF the system. We
offer one hundred dollars reward for any case
OF deafness tcauScd by Catarrhl or Il case of
Catarrh that can not be cured with Halls Ca
tarrh Cure.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-02-10
Statistics as to Strikes.
Over 100000 People Now Idle as
Compared With 47,7OO This
Time Last Year.

BrddStreet'S furnishes new and fair
" accurate report of o. leading strikes
begun in 1886 and unsettled OnJanuary
l last (2) all strikes in the United
States begun during January, 1887, and
(3) strikes announced during the hrSt
three days of February. Ii is ascer-
tained that the total number of men on
strike during January, 1887, was about
seventy eight thousand against a ,2eO
in January, 1856. InaSmuch as 1900
men have struck since January 81 last,
the comparison becomes $500 on
strike since January /, 1857, as com
pared with IT 200 in 1856. In addition
to this total of men out of work, 1t Is
ia hn NOT al thnt 1G 2nn nnrl. in far
cause OF the scarcity of coal or because
of the lack of work caused by the
strikes of others. This points to 104,-
GOO industrial employees who have stop
ped work since January /, az compared
with IL 200 for like period in 1856.
There were eight strikes begun in 1856
carried oyer into the current year.
These involved 5000 men. Four have
ended, two Of them successfully, ,includ-
ing Ito men, and two failing, invOlv-
ing $50 men. In January there were
begun over 80 strikes 10y $4,000 employ
es. OF these 80 have ended % of them,
involving $500 men, being successful,
and $ of them, involving 300 men,
having failed. About 90 January
strikes, therefore, remain unsettled.
The a strikes reported for three days
in February furnish list of 8 900 men.
None of these has been settled.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-02-10

In the State Senate a unanimous
resolution was passed last Thursday
to submit the prohibition amendment
to the people to decide the question
by their ballots. The resolution also
passed the House, on Tuesday, by q
vote OF 123 yeas, and "a nays. A
mong the few democrats voting in the
affirmative was Hon. Rhone from this
county,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-02-10
COAL MARKET
Legal TISEHENTS

A DMINISTRATOR NOTICE.-The under
~ 81 ned having been granted letters OF
administration on the estate OF pauiuS Mover.
late 0f lIaincs township. deed. requests all
persons knowing themselves indebted 10 said
estate to make immediate payment ana those
having claims against the same 10 present them
duly authenticated for settlement on the 10th
day of February, lSS7. ut the residence of
THOMAS w HQsTKRmAA.
SGT AdminiStra
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-02-10

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for CastOria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-02-10

The total number of immigrants who
arrived in the United States last year
was 1856, ,755, against 1926, isl in 1885.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-02-10

NER q II can live at home, ana make more
REHEmoney at work for us, Than at any
4 Gy Ssg thing else in this world. Capital
not needed you are started free.
Both sexes; all ages. Any one can do the work.
Costly outfit and terms free. Better not delay.
Costs YOU nothing to send us your address and
find out; ifyou are wise yOu will 90 So at once.
il, liALLHT Co.,
Portland, Maine
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-02-10

ENXECUTOR'S NOTICF.-Letters testamen-
H tary on the estate of Sebastian Nusser late
Ot Penn township. deceased, having been grant
ed to the undersigned, aE persons knowing
themselves indebted to said estate are requeSt t.
sd 80 make immediate payment, and those
h aying claims against the same TO present
them duly proven for settlement
ID. A. MUSSER, Exoou+ors
WIN. MUSsER, "N00"'oi''
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1887-02-10

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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01
New YORK
DIBHUU, -
Witness Interpreter,

On the back is printed blank for in-
dorscment of the transfer of the con-
tract to the effect that "Mr.--uc-
cepts the within contract as made by the
said Parsons, his agent"
When twenty or thirty people are
picked up and the contracts arc squeezed
as low as possible, they are packed up
and shipped to Northampton. Then the
farmers coll and make selections. Tie
laborers are sold to any purchaser. The
farmer pays generally q fec of $40 head
for his help. The agent in this city re-
ceiVes 81, and Mr.. Parsons pays the
laborer's fare and pockets the balance.
about 81, as his fee. The farmer, by his
contract, can make the labOrer pay III
work for the cost of his transportation
The prices at which ablc-bodicd men
can be secured vary, but do not exceed
800 year. Women need be paid but
$50 year, while children work for their
board and clothes. AS farmers have to
pay American hands $l8 or $50 q month,
they are glad to get strong and healthy
foreigners Injured to hard work for s. or
less month.
In the circular which Parsons sends
out to the farmers in search Of custom
necessary, especially when you want to
use them (thc green hands) alone. Our
best help has been Danes. We, from
choice, mix tho different nationaltics.
Being poor and ignorant of our language
and ways, they expect to work cheap; to
some this is no disadvantage; in fact, We
would rather have them ignorant of the
knowledge of our laborers, some Of
them, for such wisdom often proves
foolishncss to their employers.
"Prico OF the help, about 80 or $l2
for tho season, $l5 for June and July,
Sc for fall and winter, $75 to 1926 a
year, depending upon capacity. Some
learn very quick.
"If you ha,, tenement-two rooms
will generally n lswor-a family is much
tho cheapest, as you can pay them from
tho farm; they arc moro apt to stay;
wife and Children will work in; price
from $l5 to $25; board themselves. If
house servant is wanted man and wife
arc the cheapest if you have work for
him."
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01

an incessant horror of being clutched In
the dark by some cold, clammy being
who has the remarkable, superhuman
power of coming III upon them through
the keyhole. They live in constant
dread, they toss upon their couches, and
should they awake in the darkness of
tho night and hear the signing of the
wind, imagination weaves the sound into
tho breathing of some ghoulish visitor,
and drawing the covering over their
heads, they await with bated breath and
list'ning ear their coming doom.
1t is silly fancy, an unnatural COM
position, that produces such dread. We
are not living among vipors, whose poi
sonous fangs are drawn to strike upon
every side; nor are we surrounded by
Sepoys, whose dark scowl and murderous
leer are Indicative of the trade of death,
whose dlrhs are ever clutched to plunge
them into tho flesh of brothers, whose
fingers are aching to clutch somo unsus-
pectlng victim. Nor is this Nihilistic
country, where treason turks in the worry
air, where brother suspects brother,
where to-day you are breathing in Sc
curlty and tomorrow the seal of death
is upon you. Such, thank God, is not
the case. Civilization is at its grandest
height, the world is becoming socializcd,
and the influences of the law are tending
to remove the dread of man for mankind.
Enemies are not going to pounce upon you
at every turn, nor assassinS hover over
your slumber. So, ye fearful antici-
pators, go to your rest, unmindfuL of
dctrimcnt, undisturbed by the moaning
of the wind.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01
The Pleasures of Hanging.

If those arc to be believed who, having
been moro or less hanged, have been re-.
suscitated and have narrated their ex-
pcrionces, tho much chcrmmiscrated victim
OF the laws extreme penalty is not
wholly miserable. 1t would seem that
even death "Sus. por coll" has it's
amclloratlng conditions or circumstances.
Ono sufferer i'll tho religious cause in
France IS said to lave complained" be-
cause no was called back to conscious
ness from an cXpcriclce of SURPRISING
delights, in which he enjoyed the pleas
urc OF gazing upon tho most beautiful
scenery. The Immediate sensation of
pain Is momcntary; and it would appear
not unlikely that, in our anxiety for the
avoidance of needless ANNOYANCE to
those we put to death judicially, we NAV
Dc actually increasing their suffering and
diminishing their pleasure. The instan
tancous deaths have all tho pain and lit
tic or mono Of tho pleasure. Slowly in
ducod congestion Of tho brain may be
the least painful; and if only the blood
pressure be cllectually raised at tho
centre that secs, the beautiful light and
charming scenery are enjoyed in the
highest perfection. The subject is a
grim one, and we are not sure that the
new view OF hanging experience ten1st9S
make the death penalty incroa&Ggly q
tcrrcnt; but it is right that both sides
u question which the lato Mr.. Whalley
once excited the morriment of the HOus
OF Commons by describing as "a poJ
mans question" should be carefully ca
sldered aG oil costs. s.-LondOn Lancet =
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01

"and can never SEQ or hear of my folks
again. They We're going to catch me
and do it all over again, so ran away.
I've been knocking around ever since,
principally in Canada, Now Jersey, New
Yerk and Pennsylvania, but now 1
thought I'd come up here where might
get some light work could do"
The man did not seem like the brute
he must have been, and, in fact, he had
the appearance of ordinary intelligence
at least. According to his own story,
he has done little work in his wander
ings, ard has begged both food and
shelter and clothing.
sometimes" he said, 81 have wished
that / had never come to life again.
That's been when I've been nearly frozen
and starved. / never go near colored
people, for it was my own color that
tried to have mo hanged over, and hate
q black face" Asked if he wasn't afraid
of boing arrested for tho old crime, he
said: "No, boss; / don't think they'll
ever look for me as long as l stay away
from there, and I'll never go back to
Arkansas"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01
RETURN OF A LoNG-LOST SON.
y Young Man Who Went to War Found
After Being Mourned rs Dead

After Being Mourned as Dead,
ToLEDo, Ohio, August 23,-Huph
Thompson, of the Fifteenth Ohio, was
resident OF Van Vert county, near here,
before tho war. At the battle Of Chick
amauga he was struck on the head by O.
grapcshot and seriously wounded-his
comrades thought mortally. They laid
hlm under tree, and few minutes
later wore forced to fall back. Thomp-
son fell into fhc hands of the enemy,
and was never heard from until O few
weeks ago During oil these years he
has been mourned as dead.
lie is married, is living in Kansas, and
IS thG father of number of children.
lie remembers that he WAS in the army.
but from the baltic of Chickamauga to
tho great fire III Chicago, oil IS q blank
to him. He does not know where he
WAS or what he did during all that time.
In the excitement of the fire he partially
rcgalned his senses, but could not locate
his old home. He went to Minnesota
ana was married there, ana went thence
to Kansas, whero he took up claim
and IS farming for IL living; and he re-
members the death of his mother. which
took place when he was thirteen wears
old; that his captains name was Upde-
prison. The remainder Of lis early life
IS blank. But his comrades, many of
whom 1.-Two III Van Vert, recognize him.
The scar made by the grcpeshot is on
his head. A scar on lis right Lex, made
by severe cut by IN axe when ne was O.
boy, is another strong point IN proving
ms identity. He went away q black
haired boy and returns u gray haired
man, but his father, who is tott0ring un-
der the weight of nearly four score
years, says 1t is Hugh Thompson, his
long lost son.
Money WAS raised here and sent to
Kansas to bear the expense Of Thomp-
sons trip to this place to attend rcgi-
mcEtNl reunion next week, but before
the remittance arrived his Kansas neigh
borS had donated TO the sano purpose,
and by their generosity nc IS at his old
home, which he loft duriCg the war.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01
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A NOTED LADY GONE.
Mrs. Andrew jackson, Jr., Onco Mistress
of tho White House, Breatbes Her Last
at the Age of Eighty-one. -

Mrs. Andrew Jackson, Jr, Onco Mistress
of tho White House, Breatbes Her Last
at the Age of Eighty-one. .,
NASHVILLE, Tenn, August .23.--Mrs.
Sarah Jackson died at the Hermitage
to-day, aged eighty-one, leaving two
children, Colonel Andrew Jackson, OF
West Point, who was an artillery otfiosr
in the late war on tho Southern side and
made reputation, and Mrs. DR.. John
Lawrence. One son, SdfSpel, WAS killed
1T Chickamauga. ~ ..'
Mrs. Sarah Jackson, now rz rzkmembered
by few people, was for four Zears-or
nearly four years--the most ptSAyninent
lady OF tho land, the mistress ofsxg7Ae
White House. About the commence
mcnCcmcnt of General Jackson's second
term, his adopted son, -tldrew jackson,
Jr., married Miss Sarah York, of Phils-
dclphia, o young lady of accomplish
ments, OF good family aud great person
al beauty. The adopted son, who was O
nephew OF Mrs. Jackson, brought his
young bride to the White House, where
she was received by the President, who
was q |ldower, Mrs. Jackson having
dled after his first election and before
he became President. She proved to be
u most devoted daughter and loving
wife. General Jackson was q peculiar
man. The loss Of his wife four years
before had changed his whole life. All
his lcttcrs-lettcrs to members of the
family and friends-showing that during
his first term he was grieving over his
Groat loss. But when tho time expired,
the old General camo back to the hermit
age.
In time he died. leaving to his son
and the family fine estate. This was
lost and the family were in straitened
circumstances. The son died in 1867,
and yesterday the once beautiful bride,
the mistress of tho White House-tho
Old hcro's greatest comfort and solace in
his Old age-passed away at the age of
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01
MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS.
THE CURIOUS EFFECTS THEY HAVE
UPON THE MINDS OF SOME PERSONS.

Tho Groundless Fear Experienced by tho
HoRring of Apparently InexpiIcable
NoiseS--rhe Origin of Midnight Sounds
Generally to be Traced to Atmospheric
Influences.
The effect of certain sounds upon tho
mind is often very curious. We do not
allude to the ordinary phenomena OF
speech, singing and music, where the
sound-producing apparatus is toler@ply
familiar, and its distance from the nearer
estimated with near approach to accu'
racy. The effect is only "myster1ous'
when there is any doubt as to where the
sound comes from, and how it was
originated; the Imagination then begins,
and works itself up to very singular hal
lucinations. Night, or darkness with
out night, has much to do with this mat
ter. When we cannot sec the sound
producing agent, conjecture Is apt to run
wild. Ghost stories often depend on no
better foundation than this. For i'll
stance, certain sounds may frequently
be heard at night coming from the air
above, but from al invisible Source--a
kind Of whistling or prolonged cry, the
producers of which are known in certain
psrts of England as ''whistlers." Some
legends make it out that these whistlers
are ghosts, some evil spirits, some Wan
dering Jews. But the truth is that the
sounds proceed from birds, such as wild
geese or plovers which are in the habit
of flying in ilocks by night, either for
he purpose Of reaching distant feeding
grounds or during their annual migra-
tions. The Cry which Isl usually uttered
by the '1eader" during these nocturnal
bird-hights has, from Ignorance Of it's
cause, been regarded as weird and mys-
terious by supcrstitious folks, who asso-
clate 1t with impending evil.
Many supposed oman in tho house"
turns out to be only tho noise of some
door, possibly affected by gradual
changes of temperature, forcing itself
open. Many a ghost story would re-
ceive its solution by littlo attention to
the sounds resulting from the expansion
and contraction of woodwork, such as
panels, wainscoting and articles Of furni-
ture. Heard at night, when all is still,
the sudden creaking of furniture in
room Is apt to I've somewhat startling,
until one comes to know that it is simply
drp to the "weather.'
Sosnd, being generally moro audible
at III the daytime, IS often
hose who overlook This
specially noted tlis
"Hta"acts nf the
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01
Triumph of u Widow.

A pretty Nebraska widow who had
ensnared the affections of many respect
able farmers living near Wyman was re-
Gently ordered to leave the county by q
oand OF Regulators" under penalty of Il
coat of tar and feathers. Nothing
oaanted sd by the threat, the widow bought
9ouole barrel shotgun and awaited de-
Velopments. When the regulators"
aPproeched the house to carry out their
threats the sight of loaded shotgun
Polhtin9 from one OF the windows de
TERED them, and one of the number in
admiration, of the woman's nlnck nj.
vancod under q flag OF truce. nronoscd w
marriage and was accepted on the s,,St
linen parson was called i'm. fbe no
rage. was celebrated and the night wound nm
up with round OF festivities. .--Boston
Herald. 'os'op
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01
1t Should be Generally Known

That the multitude of diseases of a scro-
fulous nature generally proceed from a tor
pid condition of the liver. The blood be.
comes impure because the liver does not
act properly and work off the poison from
the system, and the certain results arc
blotcheS, pimplCs, cluptions, 8wellings,
tumors, ulcers, and the kindred affections
or settling upon The lungs and poisoning
their delicate tissues, until liberation, break
ing down, and consumption is established
Dr. Pieces Golden Medical Discovery
will, by acting upon the liver and purify
ing the blood, cure all these diseases.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01
An Epidemic OF Crime.

HAMMoNDsroRT, N. y, August "a. =
An epidemic Of murders and suicides has
prevailed in this part of Steuben county
during the past few days. A man shot his
wife and then himself at West Urbana.
Next young fellow shot himself at Penn
Tan because n young lady slightcd him.
and this morning Mrs John Hedney, Of
Pultncy, died a suicidal death, 1t is said,
from chloroform.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01

If you are looking for a beautiful
place to spend the rest of the summc,
with family or friends, you cannot do
better than to visit the famous All-Heal.
ing Mineral Springs Of CASTOR county,
North Carolina. -
The ladies will be interested to know thai
the hustle Is of Persian origin.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01

No one should be guilty of travelling
to or from tho mountains Of North Car
olina without going at least one way via
the Great All 1-Healing Mineral Spring in
CASTOR county.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01
An Aero of Frogs.

John Bostwick, ono of the NJ
bic citizens of Morgan, caml
the other day. En- route Mr..
encountered a lay out Of frogs
which the Egg ptian plague pale
insignificanco. Mr.. Bostwick est
that thoro was on acre Of frogs, a
each square inch contained,
They were all hopping in o,C
70 Harden Camp we are inS{
calculation which showed up
frogs for the single acre. Trt
county has become a great fro
to speak. Walton, Ga, News
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-09-01

"Augustus, dear" said the d
tcndcrly pushing him from Ii
moonlight flooded the bay!wiI
they were standing, Il think y
ter try some other hair-dye; yot
tastes like turpentine." "